Grants awarded
Who does Frances Lear Foundation fund?
Frances Lear Foundation has awarded $4.3 million across 190 grants to 94 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $20,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$4.3M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
94
Grants
190
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Ballet Hispanico of New York INC
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$1.0M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Tides Foundation
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$415K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Rainforest Alliance INC
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$375K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| N NYU School of Medicine | $260K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Youth Represent INC
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$232K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| B Ballet Hispanico of New York INC | $214K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$140K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | LA | |
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian INC
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$100K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
New York Womens Foundation
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$100K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A A Little Piece of Light INC | $95K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$85K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| R Rainforest Alliance | $78K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | $75K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $72K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N NYU Langone Health | $60K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Youth Represent | $48K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$45K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$44K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Neo Philanthropy INC
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$40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| F Friends and Family of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children | $37K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Common Justice
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$35K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| C College and Community Fellowships | $30K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| O Open Collective Foundation | $30K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Healthcorps INC
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$25K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| N New PA Project | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The 92nd Street Y | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Public Theatre | $25K | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Vayla | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Pal-O-Mine Equestrian INC | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Friends Service Committee | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| O Omowale Project INC | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Philanthropy Workshop | $18K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | — |
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$18K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| A A Little Piece of Light | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Omowale Project | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| G Georgia Alliance Education Fund INC | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
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$12K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Public Theater | $12K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Actors Fund | $12K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Julian
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| A Arts Arena | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W West Side Coalition Against Hunger | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| R Reverse the Cycle of Incarceration INC | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Alliance of Families for Justice | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Family Justice Law Center | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Earthshare | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$8K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Manhattan Theatre Club INC
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$8K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$8K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| T The Film Collective Att Fiscal Sponsorship | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$7K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| C Chapel & York US Foundation INC | $7K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Freedom Reads
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Documentary Educational Resources INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| N New York Public Library | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| P Plan a Health | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Vera Institute of Justice | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A A'Sani Heartbeat Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The New Press | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New York City Center | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | LA | |
| T The Shed | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Project Renewal INC
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$4K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| G Galaxy Gives for One for Justice | $4K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$4K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| R Rewild | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M McC Theater | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Works and Process | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Center for Family Philanthropy | $2K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Marshall Project INC
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| W Works and Process INC | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| M Manhattan Theatre Club | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New 42 | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Osborne Association INC
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| F Friends of Facing History School INC | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY |
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